5,000 fewer state employees than this time last year

How many fewer state employees are there now compared to this time last year? You can provide anecdata by looking around your own office, but my Capitol Bureau colleague Rick Karlin tracked down the actual numbers. Or came close. They’re difficult to nail down, but there are around 5,000 fewer people on the state payroll than at this time last year.

One item of interest to State Worker readers was printed along with the article: the final early retirement incentive tally from the Division of Budget.

2,912 Part A incentives293 Part B incentives 412 employees who have retired with the incentive, but were eligible for both Part A and Part B. The state Comptroller’s office has not yet clarified if these are Part A or Part B incentives.3,617 total incentives outside of SUNY, Legislature, and Judiciary.